Improvement in spouted cans



lntrd gamine TRUMA`N C.` PHINNEY AND CHARLES E. BANCROFT, OF MONTPELIER,

pme-femm,

VERMONT.

Lefevre-muvo. 96,0321, dated october 19', 1869;

, l .IMPROVEMENT m sPoUTBD, CANs.

The Schedule nferxe to in these Letters Patent and making part of thelame.

'To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, TRUMAN O. PHINNEY andCHARLES E..BANGROFT, of Montpelier, in the county of-Washington, andState of Vermont, have invented n. new and improved Gen-spout topreserve the contents of the canfrom evaporation and' leakage, andsusceptible of being opened and closed et will; and we do declare thatthe following is e full and exact description of the same.

The nature of our invention consists in the con-` struction ofa'can-spout susceptible of being opened and closed at will.

- To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, weproceed to describe its construction` and operation, reference being hadto the accompany-I ing diewing,and the letters of reference markedthere' on, and making a. part of this specification.

Figure 1 represents the can ready for use.

Figure 2 represents the outer tube, which is firmly l attached to theupright spout E, the opening A being A directly over the top ofthe spoutE.

Figure 3 represents a. metallic tube, which we insert within the outertube, securing it in its place by enlarging the end ofthe tube, orotherwise.

In this tube there is an opening, B, which, to open the spout, isbrought in contact with the opening in the outer tube, allowing thecontents of the can to pass y ont.

To close the spout, the-inner tube is tulned so ns to disconnect theopening'.

C represents piu or 'stop on the inner tube:

D represents the slot inthe outer tube, in which the stop C slides.yWha-t we 'claim as our invention, and. desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

The con herein described, having spout E, tubes, figj2 und iig. 3,constructed with openings A and B respectively, and arranged as and forthe purpose'specitied.

T. C. PHINNEY. C. E. BANGROFT. Witnesses;

H, H. ScRIBNnR, G. W. Boucrwnnn.

